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Marie_M
November 9th, 2008, 11:57 PM
BEIJING (AP) — A strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck remote northwestern China on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

The quake struck the Qinghai province at a depth of 6.2 miles on Monday morning, the agency said. The USGS said the quake's epicenter was located 1,120 miles west of Beijing.

China's Earthquake Administration confirmed the earthquake, but said it had a magnitude of 6.3 on its scale.

The USGS said the quake's epicenter was 35 miles east of Da Qaidam district, in northern Qinghai. The population of the county seat, Da Qaidam town, is about 15,000 people...

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mswilso
November 10th, 2008, 02:14 PM
Northwestern China is a largish salt desert, where China does most of their nuclear underground testing. Maybe they are testing for whatever reason? Getting ready for something? Remember, they never signed on to the nuclear ban on testing....

:spy


Mike